diff --git a/test/e2e/windows/host_process.go b/test/e2e/windows/host_process.go
index 4af3c2c79c2..98a3c6c45c0 100644
--- a/test/e2e/windows/host_process.go
+++ b/test/e2e/windows/host_process.go
@@ -657,7 +657,8 @@ var _ = sigDescribe(feature.WindowsHostProcessContainers, "[MinimumKubeletVersio
 
 		ginkgo.By("Waiting for the pod to start running")
 		timeout := 3 * time.Minute
-		e2epod.WaitForPodsRunningReady(ctx, f.ClientSet, f.Namespace.Name, 1, timeout)
+		err = e2epod.WaitForPodsRunningReady(ctx, f.ClientSet, f.Namespace.Name, 1, timeout)
+		framework.ExpectNoError(err)
 
 		ginkgo.By("Getting container stats for pod")
 		statsChecked := false
@@ -711,7 +712,8 @@ var _ = sigDescribe(feature.WindowsHostProcessContainers, "[MinimumKubeletVersio
 		pc.Create(ctx, pod)
 
 		ginkgo.By("Waiting for pod to run")
-		e2epod.WaitForPodsRunningReady(ctx, f.ClientSet, f.Namespace.Name, 1, 3*time.Minute)
+		err := e2epod.WaitForPodsRunningReady(ctx, f.ClientSet, f.Namespace.Name, 1, 3*time.Minute)
+		framework.ExpectNoError(err)
 
 		ginkgo.By("Waiting for 60 seconds")
 		// We wait an additional 60 seconds after the pod is Running because the
diff --git a/test/e2e/windows/hyperv.go b/test/e2e/windows/hyperv.go
index 1b304936f35..3744d6e48fa 100644
--- a/test/e2e/windows/hyperv.go
+++ b/test/e2e/windows/hyperv.go
@@ -95,7 +95,8 @@ var _ = sigDescribe(feature.WindowsHyperVContainers, "HyperV containers", skipUn
 		pc.Create(ctx, hypervPod)
 		ginkgo.By("waiting for the pod to be running")
 		timeout := 3 * time.Minute
-		e2epod.WaitForPodsRunningReady(ctx, f.ClientSet, f.Namespace.Name, 1, timeout)
+		err = e2epod.WaitForPodsRunningReady(ctx, f.ClientSet, f.Namespace.Name, 1, timeout)
+		framework.ExpectNoError(err)
 
 		ginkgo.By("creating a host process container in another pod to verify the pod is running hyperv isolated containers")